Engineering Portfolio: Jacob Lawrence
Sea Urchin Removal Project
Collaborators: Zach Sorscher, Dorothea French, Heather Hunt, Justin Kirchner, Josh Ayers
It's been exciting to work as the Manufacturing Engineer on my Engineering for Social Innovation (ESI) team. After many brainstorming sessions, thorough research, and product redesigns, my team created a new and innovative product, the Sea Urchin Removal device. Kelp forests around the world are at risk due to a significant boom in the purple sea urchin population. These purple sea urchins are creating urchin barrens that destroy the kelp forests and harm the aquatic life living within the kelp. Our team designed this super tool for kelp restoration agencies to remove purple sea urchins from urchin barrens to restore the kelp forests.
Our team is currently competing in the New Venture Challenge, a competition at CU Boulder with the goal to develop and fund innovative ideas. Watch our pitch presentation to learn more about the Sea Urchin Removal Device!
End of Term Report
Critical Design Review Presentation
As the Manufacturing Engineer for my ESI team, I enjoyed creating the engineering drawings, planning the manufacturing and assembly processes, learning new manufacturing methods and techniques, working with lathes and mills in the machine shop to bring the Sea Urchin
Removal device to life!
Drawing Package
R2-D2 Ice Ball Press DFM Project
Tasked with creating a unique design for a solid aluminum ice ball press, I utilized SolidWorks to create a model of an ice ball press resembling R2-D2. One of the greatest challenges of the design was making the ice ball press resemble R2-D2 while also considering ease of manufacturing. After multiple revisions to the engineering drawings the R2-D2 ice ball press was ready to be manufactured at the ITLL.
Mountain Rescue Improvement
Collaborators: Holly Hammons, Natasha Mckerma, Tyler Cole RummelHart
Excerpt from Preliminary Engineering Report:
During search and rescue missions, every second counts. Rocky paths, slippery terrain, and inefficient rescue equipment increases search and rescue response time. Efforts to reduce rescue response time is crucial, since longer rescues cause the patient's chances of survival to decrease. Our team's goal is to enhance and innovate rescue equipment to make rescue operations safer, simpler, and faster.
In the preliminary stages of our project, our team diagnosed problems seen within current rescue stretchers in collaboration with West Metro Fire Department. We then produced a preliminary engineering report to analyze design solution and consider sustainability impacts. In the end, our team
assembled a prototype for the stabilizing wheels stretcher attachment, utilizing over 70% reusable materials
The Gaming Wand
Collaborators: Jake LaFevor and Nate Link
Click on above photos for details on the design process
Prototype 1
Prototype 2
While searching for worthy problems to solve, our team found that those with a hindered use in their hands may struggle to play video games. Due to the design of controllers on the market being for two hand use. We began brainstroming and after many revisions we arrived to Prototype 1. We ran testing on the first prototype and noted essential changes that must be made for Prototype 2. My main contribution to our goal was the designing and printing of the prototype controller shells.
Retention Wall Construction
Collaborators: Jerod Lawrence, Scott Lawrence
Out team utilized rebar, cement, cinder blocks, and stones to construct the retention wall in order to decrease hillside erosion.
Reverse Engineering Project
Collaborators: Jake Groe
To accurately recreate an air compressor nozzle digitally, our team utilzed dial calipers to collect precise measurements for each component and used Autodesk Inventor to model the system and create an exploded view.
Wood Carving Projects
Custom Stratocaster Project
